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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12442

10 March 2020
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Africa
 EU’s first step towards a renewed strategic partnership of a “strong Europe with a strong Africa”
Brussels, 09/03/2020 (Agence Europe)

With the Communication ‘Towards a comprehensive EU Strategy with Africa’, presented on Monday 9 March, the European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) have formalised a first step towards intensifying and modernising the 2007 EU-Africa Strategic Partnership, so that the two continents can better respond together to today’s challenges. 

These challenges are reflected in the five stated partnerships: – the green transition; – the digital transformation;...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
AFRICA:  EU’s first step towards a renewed strategic partnership of a “strong Europe with a strong Africa”
UGANDA: Ugandan economy ready to do business with EU
UKRAINE: EU welcomes start of trial on downing of flight MH17
GEORGIA: EU welcomes political agreement on a new electoral system
TRADE: UNCTAD warns about impact of COVID-19 outbreak on world economy
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: Charles Michel convenes a teleconference at highest level on coronavirus
MIGRATION: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Europeans meeting to re-examine terms of their 2016 agreement
DIGITAL: confidentiality of communications, legitimate interest in debate in Council of the EU
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence paralyses discussions on European Parliament special committees
ENERGY: IEA predicts drop in oil demand due to coronavirus in first since 2009
TRANSPORT: Croatian Presidency of EU Council puts forward first draft special agreement on road charges
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
PARLIAMENT: plenary will be cut back to 10 March and limited to four major topics due to coronavirus
ECONOMY - FINANCE
ECONOMY: European Commission stands ready to do everything in its power to mitigate negative impact of COVID-19 virus
FINANCE: technical expert group on sustainable finance makes final recommendations on European taxonomy
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: first 100 days tarnished by migration crisis and Covid-19 epidemic
NEWS BRIEFS
BELARUS: EU denounces a new death sentence
CLIMATE: no physical UN meeting until end of April because of COVID-19, announces UNFCCC
COMPETITION: Commission clears acquisition of six hydropower plants in Portugal by ENGIE, Mirova and Prédica
COMPETITION: acquisition of joint control of Rubis Terminal by ISQ and Rubis is validated
TRANSPORT: International Road Transport Union fears shortage of commercial freight drivers in Europe will continue to grow